Speed-wagon.



P. W. 0. SGHILDWAGHTER. SPEED WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED m n 10, 1905. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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PATENTED' APR. 23, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SPEED-WAGON Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed May 10,1905. I Serial No. 259,676-

To all whon z it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP W. C. SoHILD- WACHTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of NeW York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Speed-Wagons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification. 7

My invention relates to improvements in vehicles; and the same has for its object more particularly to provide a light, strong, and serviceable speed-wagon of such construction that the vibratory and jolting motions which are characteristic of vehicles of this description now in .use will be entirely overcome or reduced to a minimum, the comfort of the driver materially enhanced, and, finally, the weight of the wagon-body and that of the driver so disposed within the vehicle in rela tion to the running-gear thereof as to prevent the tilting up of the rear part of-the vehicle when the same is brought to a sudden stop.

To the attainment of these ends my invention consists in the novel details of construction and in the combination, connection, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein like letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a speed-wagon made according to and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view thereof. Fig. 3 is a front view thereof with the shafts removed. Fig.

4 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the construction and arrangement of the fifthwheel. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the lower part of the fifth-wheel. Fig. 6 is a detail side view of the end of one of the shafts; and Fig. 7 is a face, view of a nut, showing the radial grooves therein.

In said drawings, 5 designates the body, which is ofordinary box form and provided with the customary dashboard 7 and seat 6.

8 and 9, respectively, denote the forward and rear trusses, each of which consists of two correspondingly-shaped members 10 10 preferably made of metal tubing, each member having a straight horizontal portion 11 and ends 12 12, which are bent outward and downward from said intermediate portion 11 and then curved'forward and have their extremities united and provided with outwardly-projecting bosses 13 13.

14 14 denote short axles or studs, which are secured at their inner ends to the bosses 13 13, and 15 15 denote wheels mounted in the'usual manner upon said axles 14 14. Between the truss members 10 10, near the junction of the intermediate portions 11 11 with the ends 12 12, are secured transverse braces 16 16.

17 17 denote bolsters, which are disposed upon the upper surfaces of the horizontal intermediate portions 11 of the members 10 and are secured thereto by U-shaped bolts or straps 18. r

19 19 denote stays or braces, having their lower ends secured to the united extremities of the members 10 10 of the rear truss at the inner ends of the axles 14 14 and their upper ends secured to the under side 01 the body 5 in a vertical plane in front of that of the axles of said rear truss 9.

The forward truss 8 is connected to' the body 5 by a fifth-wheel, which consists of an annular plate 20, preferably made of hard sole-leather, secured to the under side of the body 5, and a lower part, which is secured upon the bolsters 17 17 and consists of two segmental metal plates 21 21, united by a slightly-bowed web 22, upon which segmental plates the annular plate 20 bears and is held in operative relation therewith by a king-bolt 23, having a large rectangular head 24, which is countersunk in and secured to the bottom of the body 5, with its threaded said fifth-wheel are further held in operative relation with each other by means of retaining devices 28, which are secured at one end to the under side of the body 5 and have their inner or free ends extending downward and inward below the edges of the segmental plates 21 21.

Upon the transverse braces 16 16 of the forward truss 8 are secured bearings 29 29, adapted to receive the ends of the shafts 30 30 and be secured thereto by bolts 31 31 extending therethrough. The ends of said shafts are further provided with rearwardlyprojecting toes 32, which are adapted for contact with a part of said bearings 29 29 to limit the rearward movement of the shafts 30 30 when the same are raised.

It is to be noted that by arranging the axles in a vertical plane considerably in advance of the point of securement of the trusses to the body and disposing the weight of the driver above and partly to the rear of the rear axles of the vehicle much more power will be required to raise or tilt the rear end of the vehicle; further, that by constructing the trusses with their ends extending forwardly to a point in advance of the point of support of said body upon said trusses and securing the axles to said ends a certain resiliency is obtained which renders the vehicle smooth in operation and at the same time greatly reduces the jolting action which is so characteristic of vehicles of this type.

Without limiting myself to the details of construction, which may be varied within the scope of the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is j 1; A speed wagon comprising a body, trusses secured thereto having their ends extending downward and forward, and wheels mounted upon said ends at points in advance of the point of support of said body upon said trusses, substantially as specified.

2. A speed wagon comprising a body, trusses secured thereto having their ends extending downward and forward, axles se cured LO said ends at points in advance of the point of support of said body upon said trusses, and wheels mounted upon said axles,

substantially as specified.

3. A speed-wagon comprising a body portion, trusses secured thereto having their ends extending downward and forward, and terminating at a point beyond the place of support of said body upon said trusses, and wheels secured to the ends of said truss members, substantially as specified.

4. A speed-wagon comprising a body portion, trusses secured to said body portion having their ends extending forward beyond the place of support of said body upon said trusses, and wheels secured to the ends of said trusses, substantially as specified.

5. A speed-wagon comprising a body portion, trusses secured thereto having their ends curved downward and forward and terminating in a plane in advance of the point of support of said body upon said trusses, and wheels secured to the ends of said trusses, substantially as specified.

6. A speed wagon comprising a body, trusses secured thereto having horizontal forward and united at their extremities, in a.

plane in advance of said horizontal portions axles extending outward from said united ends, and wheels secured upon said axles, substantially as specified.

7. A speed wagon comprising a body, trusses secured thereto, each composed of a plurality of members having their ends bent downward and forward and joined together at their extremities, axles secured to said extremities, and wheels mounted upon said axles, substantially as specified.

8. A speed wagon comprising a body, trusses secured thereto, each composed of a plurality of tubular members having their ends bent downward and forward and joined together at their extremities, axles secured to said joined extremities, and wheels mounted uponsaid axles, substantially as specified.

9. A speed-wagon comprising a body, forward and rear trusses secured thereto, each composed of a plurality of members having their ends bent outward and downward and curved forward and their extremities united, axles secured to said extremities, wheels mounted upon said axles, and stays extending forwardly from the extremities of the rear truss and secured to the body, substantially as specified.

10. In a speed-wagon, a truss comprising a plurality of members having parallel intermediate portions, and ends extending outward and downward therefrom and curved forward, and transverse braces interposed between said truss members and secured thereto near the junction of the intermediate portions with the ends, substantially as specified.

11. In a speed-wagon, a truss comprising a plurality of tubular members, having straight parallel intermediate portions, and ends extending outward and downward therefrom and thence curved forward and united at their extremities, and transverse braces interposed between said truss members and secured thereto near the junction of the'par allel portions with the ends, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, this 31st day of March, 1905.

PHILIP W. C. SCHILDWACHTER.

Witnesses:

BENJ. HALL, O. W. SCHILDWAOHTER. 

